Ever since U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called for pushing a “reset” button in U.S.-Russian relations, officials from both countries have been making tentative steps in that direction. Yet, the thaw in relations should not obscure the need for improvement of the overall state of relations between Russia and the West.
To better coordinate their approach toward Moscow, Western countries should pursue all possible avenues — particularly in multilateral forums such as the European Union and NATO. As for NATO, its new secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has declared that improving the alliance’s relations with Russia is one of his top priorities. Nevertheless, Moscow’s rapprochement with NATO still stands on rather shaky grounds.
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